Ms Ximena Tercero > Arias > Guatemala, Guatemala > Lawyer Profile
Arias Offices
6ª. Avenida 12-24 zona 10
Edificio HQ Fontabella, Nivel 8
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. C. A.
Guatemala
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Ms Ximena Tercero
Work Department
Tax and Fiscal Planning
Position
Partner
Career
Ximena has been a Partner of Arias Guatemala since January 2016, and has been a member of the firm since 2008. She is in charge of the Tax Department, which includes customs law, international trade, and transfer prices. She has experience in corporate and commercial law, having advised various business groups regarding their structuring, mergers and acquisitions. She has worked on issues related to intellectual property, trusts and, atypical contracts and has participated in projects related to the electricity sector and information law.
She has worked as an assistant professor at Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala and as a full-time professor at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and at Universidad del Istmo de Guatemala.
Ximena has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors (Vocal 1) of the Guatemalan Institute of Tax Law, for the period 2017-2019, and is a member of the Board of Directors (Vocal II) of the International Fiscal Association (IFA Guatemala) since its foundation in 2017. She has also represented Guatemala before the Latin American Institute of Tax Law since November 2018 and as such, Vice President of the Organizing Committee of the Latin American Seminars of Tax Law (ILADT) Guatemala 2020.
Languages
Spanish, English and French
Memberships
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Association of Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala since 2004.
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He served as a member of the Board of Directors (Vocal 1) of the Guatemalan Institute of Tax Law, for the periods 2017-2019 and 2019-2021.
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He served as a member of the Board of Directors (Vocal II) of the International Taxation Association (IFA Guatemala) from its foundation in 2017 to January 2020.
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Member of the Board of Directors of United Way Guatemala since January 2018
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He was the representative for Guatemala before the Latin American Institute of Tax Law from November 2018 to January 2021.
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International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
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Degree in legal and social sciences from Universidad Rafael Landávar de Guatemala.
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Attorney and Public Notary from Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala.
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Degree in Commercial Law. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Degree in Corporate and Tax Law. Universidad del Istmo, Guatemala.
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Studies in Management Engineering. Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala.
Lawyer Rankings
Guatemala > Tax
(Leading individuals)Arias has a full-service offering and network of offices across Central America, making it a strong choice to advise foreign investors in the region on the gamut of tax issues. The team acts as local counsel to an array of prominent multinationals on cross-border M&A transactions, as well as assisting with restructurings and compliance, and it is also a standout in customs matters. The firm is equally active in tax litigation, leaning on the vast expertise of dispute resolution head Mario René Archila
to handle complex contentious-administrative cases against the SAT. At the helm of the practice, Ximena Tercero is well versed in transfer pricing, tax structuring and litigation. She is supported by a capable pool of junior lawyers, including senior associates Elisa Lacs, a specialist in customs tax, and the recently promoted Claudia Vega, and associate Estaymer Mendoza, who joined the firm from an in-house role at Grupo CFE in June 2022.